Time to catch up!

After much neglect I plan to catch it up! I have been having the most amazing year of paddling and feel like I have smashed previous barriers. I am currently still in Cali after an epic season that I will be sharing lots of via this blog. These pictures are a glimpse at some of the beautiful drops we were blessed with this spring in the southeast. Constant rain in Chattanooga allowed me to complete 15 runs on my favorite creek, BEAR, as well as multiple first descents and classics alike. I was able to paddle right up to the week I left for Cali, giving way to a truly blessed summer!

1st D- Singing Sister Falls- Photo by Matt FJ

1st D by Jeff West with me on his heels! Warren Falls- Photo by Bett Adams

Singing Sister 2nd angle- Photo by Bett Adams


1st D- Rasta Slide- Photo by Clay Whitaker

Greeter Falls- so good I ran it twice!

Much more to come!

----Peace my friends----

2011 Bring It On!

So 2011 started with a hangover and 3 inches of rain in the gauge on my front porch. I had to work but found myself on the Bear at 20 inches late that afternoon. Charles King drove in from out of town and was fired up on his inaugrial Bear run. We made haste down the creek but a mishap at Fishbowl left Charles' boat swallowed by an undercut (gnarley hole feeding sieved undercut on river right above knocking on heavens door). With no car at the put in and light fading fast and the thought of hiking my boat for hours in the cold dark, we set up a meeting spot, Charles hiked up and out, and I soloed down to the car. The run was amazing, it is my favorite, but by myself with high flow it was straight quality stroke after stroke.

So after that epic I let Charles borrow my beater boat and we were on South Suck at 3.4 ft for dawn patrol. The level was healthy and we had a great trip all the way down. While I had to go to work at 10:15, Charles was able to join the crowd of boaters in my living room and head out to the classic Cain to North Chick.

The next day Charles and I made our way to the Raven Fork where we found freezing weather and a level of 9-10 inches. We ended up having an awsome day highlighted by clean lines shared by all, sketchy walking on ice and snow, a 5 bro huckfest on Big Boy, and as allways a hillarious time shootn the shit with Manuel.

If catching all this quality flow is a sign of things to come in 2011 - Bring It On!

Pics from Raven Fork

Lookn Down through Anaconda

Anaconda

David Ledford on Anaconda

Katie Worley seal launchn past a handful of undercuts

Bring it down now Charley

Mark Taylor on Headless Horseman

Charles King on Jedi Training

David Ledford taking the stroke on Big Boy

Charles King soakn up the Big Boy vibe